The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-24
GRADUATION DAY.
BowdoIn Class Of 'e7 Receive Their
Diplomas.
Degrees Conferred by the College
Other Business.
Speeches by President Hyde and
Others at the Alumni Dinner.

BRUNSWICK. June %. = Commencement
day at Bowdoin, like all the previous DAYS
| of this week, proved to be rainy and dis
agreeable. and probably had Its effect on the
attendance.
At $50 o'clock this morning the prayer
meeting of the alumni was held in the Young
Mems Christian Association rooms
The Alumni Association held the annual
meeting In Adams Hall at o'clock William
E. Spear of Boston. class of 1870, was NOM
mated as candidate for the board of over
seers, such nomination being equivalent to
an election.
1t was voted that the president Of this
association be requested to obtain from the
reports of the examining and visiting COM
mittee of the college for the coming year
such information as will be of interest to the
association and to make verbal report
thereof at the next meeting,
A committee composed Of +. v. Wright,
'76, F. O. Coma mt, 80, and Hon. ]. A. Locke,
'65, was appointed with power to consider
the matter of changes in the charter of the
college.
The boards finished their meeting today
noon. The following is an official report of
the business transacted:
The degree of A. M. was conferred on the
following members of the class of "a:
Messrs. Phinney, G. G. Torrey, J. Torrey,
Waterman, Adams, Brown, Cothren, K. L.
Means, Wright and Hilton; also on Mark
Gould, ~. John B. Haselton. '57, and Alvin
K. Whitten, 'S1.
A vote of thanks was rendered to Rev.
Geo. w. Field for his repeated and generous
gifts to the college, and particularly for his
recent gift of $500.
The degree of A. B., out of the course, was
conferred on Wilson r. Butler, 'S5, Charles
A. Davis, 's6. William Perry, IT, Henry Fl.
Smith, '37.
An honorary degree of LID, was con-
ferred on Professor John Avery and DR..
Fordyce Barker of New York.
The degree of A. M. out of the course, was
conferred on Charles O. Hunt, '61. Henry HI.
Hunt, '62, Dudley A. Sargent, rs.
The honorary degree of A. N. was confer
red on Crosby S. Noyes. Esq, of Washing
ton, d. c.. and Hon. Lewis Barker of Ban
g0r-
An honorary degree of d. d. was confer
red on Rev. Crosby II. Wheeler, al, Rev.
Stephen NJ Newman, '67, Rev. X. Thomas,
Ph. d., of Brookline, and Rev. Charles Nor
ton Sills of Portland.
Messrs. Putnam and Hubbard were ap-
pointed committee to prepare scheme for
affixing to the wall of Memorial Hall suita-
BILE inscriptions to commemorate the services
of the alumni in the war for the Union.
ltwas voted that the requirements for ad-
mission hereafter be the whole of plane ge-
ometry, the rudiments of Greek and Roman
history, and ability to write correctly an es-
say in English prose, In the new scheme of
studies the following changes are made
Mathematics are required the first two years,
and elective the third year. French is re-
quired the freshman year, German the Soph-
omore year, Greek and Latin beth years. The
Junior year electives are Latin, Greek, Sci
ence of Language, Mathematics, German
Sociology, History. Physiology, Physics.
The Senior electives are Practical Physiolo-
gy, English Literature, Astronomy, Chemis-
try and Mineralogy.
The Commencement exercises were held in
the Congregational church at IL o'clock. The
procession Of the alumni formed in front of
the chapel under the marshalship Of Hon.
Daniel G. Linscott, and headed by the Salem
Cadet Band they marched to the church,
where the following order Of exercises was
pursued:
Music.
Prayer.
Music.
Exercises for the Degree OF Bachelor of Arts.
once of Labor Organizations-with Latin Sa-
lutatory Austin Cary, East Machias
Science and Poetry Observation-Disclosures.
Edward Butler Burpee, Rockland
lhuiNluudiily ................-......-
Charles jacques Goodwin, Pennington
Life Work OF William the Silent.
Morten Lyndon himball, Norway
The Power Of the Mind to resist knowledge
Elliot Bouton Tcrroy, Bar narbor
Undergraduate Self. Government. .............
Arthur Warren Merrill, Pennington
Modern Tendencies. ............................
Edward Toppan Little, Auburn
Music.
Ihe Moors In Spain.. .............. ............
Clarence Blendon Burlegh, Augusta
Leander Brooks Varney, Litchfeld Corner
English and French Colonies In America.
Charles Henry Yerrill, Auburn
Music.
Exercises for the Degree of Master of Arts
The Morality of the Homcrlc Pocms.. .......
MIR. Charles Cutler Torrey, Bar Harbor
faledlctory IN Latin. ............................
MI. Henry. Merrill Wright, Westford, Mass
Comforting of Degrees.
Prayer.
Benediction